Ohio · Census place 3912868

Celina, Ohio

Celina is a city in Mercer County, Ohio with an estimated 10,945 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 165th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,945
#165 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+16 people
Land area
5.0 sq mi
+ 0.33 sq mi water
Density
2,176 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Celina. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Celina population, 2020 to 2024

Celina added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +60. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 96th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Celina is 79% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,933. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Celina covers 5.03 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 2,176 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Celina is close to the typical town.

What county Celina is in

All of Celina's residents live in Mercer County, which had 42,648 residents in 2024. Celina holds 25.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Celina

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Celina by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45822. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Celina is

The Census internal point of Celina is at 40.555500, -84.561400. Columbus, the capital, is 91.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Van Wert, OH (11,123 people), 21.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 47.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.555500, -84.561400
DMS
40°33'19.80"N 84°33'41.04"W
UTM
16N 706471.4E 4492273.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GQHC4Q+6C

Daylight in Celina

At 40.56° N, Celina gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Celina

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Coldwater, 6.3 miles away, with 4,729 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Celina, OH?

10,945 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (0.1%) from 10,929 in July 2020.

What county is Celina in?

Mercer County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Celina?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45822.

How far is Celina from Columbus?

91.9 miles (147.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Celina.

What is the nearest larger city to Celina?

Van Wert, OH, with 11,123 residents, 21.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.